After the expiration of a federal program that provided funding for free meals for all students, nine states are picking up the tab for pupils' breakfast and lunch.

France is broadly supportive of stopping girls wearing the robe, but many Muslim women are unhappy.

By Kailyn Rhone See-through backpacks and jean shorts are among the popular last-minute purchases ahead of the new

Police in Japan have implemented an unusual strategy in order to prevent drunk driving: encouraging people to consume alcohol and then letting them loose on a driving course.

France will ban schoolchildren from wearing abayas ahead of the upcoming academic year, the government has said, the latest in a series of contentious restrictions in the country on clothing associated with Muslims.

If you're rushing to complete this year's back-to-school shopping, there's still time to save on sales taxes on those purchases in three states.

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By Deborah Mary Sophia Back-to-school spending is expected to fall for the first time in nine years as

The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a lower court opinion that invalidated a code of conduct at a North Carolina publicly funded charter school that required girls to wear skirts in order to "preserve chivalry" based on the belief that every girl is a "fragile vessel."

The high-altitude rice variety in South East Asia is threatened by a major plant disease.

Illinois became the first state in the nation to prohibit book bans Monday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced, as states across the country continue to challenge and axe literature from public schools and libraries.

"The Hill We Climb," the poem written by Amanda Gorman for President Joe Biden's inauguration, was moved out of the elementary section of one Miami-Dade County public school, the district confirmed Tuesday. It remains available to older children.